Recent content by Lelandjt

That's what I did. I still have my 300xc along with a nicely modified Light Bee. I only use the 300 for really long rides. There are certain types of shorter trails where the 300's suspension and size would make it faster than the Light Bee but I have more fun on the much lighter, slightly...

That's more than Luna charges.

Maybe they changed the BMS. That was the cause of almost every problem I heard of.

That's because those pictures are an entirely different bike that doesn't have a linkage occupying the same space as a motor, nor a motor mounted on the swingarm. Edit: Actually those are photos of two different bikes, both different than the digital "photo" I commented on. If you wanna make...

This is nothing more than a drawing. The definition of vaporware. It'll be 50 years before they perfect the physics that allow the motor and lower half of the shock and linkage to occupy the same space. Even if the drawing was better thought out no one wants motor weight on their suspension. If...

I've got another Sur-ron on the way and this one will come with the 3rd gen X-controller with regen. Does anyone with a 2nd gen non-regen X-controller want to trade?

Why not mount a 19x3 or 19x3.25 tire on the stock rim?

Do you know how many lumens the stock light is?

I live in Hawaii and climb very steep, long hills in 90°+. With a stock motor/controller/battery I've had no signs of overheating. If you modify it for more power you'll have to be careful how you use it. The safer alternative is to down gear it for more power at the wheel without more heat at...

The rear rotor is unique to Sur-ron and can only be bought from you country's distributor. You won't find any bicycle or motorcycle rotor that fits the rear hub. The front rotor is a normal bicycle part.

The stock tire is very short. Putting a 3" tire on raises the rear considerably.

With a 26" front wheel run the fork as low as you can. Also, get a 500lb spring (Rockshox Vivid spring for the stock shock). If you're over 200lbs get a 550. I have one to sell since I settled on the 500. Move the rear axle as far back as the brake carrier allows and put the pegs in the rear...

I wouldn't run my van's engine when parked to charge the batteries, only when driving. When parked and charging there will be solar panels sending electricity into the van's dual heavy duty batteries.

I guess the important question is how much loss is there (as heat?) running an inverter and the stock charger. That's clearly the simple way to do it but I figured efficiency mattered when I've only got a couple solar panels or running my van's engine to make the electricity.

Does a charger exist that can run directly off my van's 12v system? It seems using an inverter and then the stock charger is wasting a bunch of electricity (turned to heat) going from DC to AC and then back. I'm envisioning something that can be clipped to the battery terminals and plugged into...